Thursday, October 22, 2009

What is "equality"

The further we go into this semester I come to realize that I am going to encounter ideals or even events that have tried or did go against what equality is or what it should be. The more we discuss in class the more upset and furious I become. Last week or so we went over a story that I thought raised two questions. Is equality the same for women to men as it should be for men to women. And do those who think boys should not play with girls believe women are inferior.



In class we watched a news reel of a boy who played on a girls field hockey team because there was no boys team. Yet over 90% of the parents of the girls on the team don't want him to participate with thier daughters. Now that is so backwards. I first initially thought "why is there so much contriversy if a guy plays on a girl team while girls fight to play with boys all the time. Is he showing femininity? His intent was to only stay inshape for ice hockey. A Dr. Wade said field hockey is not a sportwhere the bigger taller player is the best fit." the only reason the boy was even talked about was because he was actually good, for example there is another boy on the team who is not so good and sits on the bench with the other girl who are not good enough to play.

In the begining people who fought for equality meant women to men and not men to women. In the piece there was talk about if the opposite sexes do play on teams there should be a limit.Which does make sense. At the end of the the best athlete should play whether its a girl or a guy.